{"id":18,"date":"2018-01-17T15:15:08","date_gmt":"2018-01-17T15:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.uthscsa.edu\/ct-surgery\/?page_id=18"},"modified":"2026-04-08T08:36:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T13:36:05","slug":"education","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lsom.uthscsa.edu\/ct-surgery\/education\/","title":{"rendered":"Education"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row gap=&#8221;35&#8243;][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;]<div class=\"flex-video widescreen\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SIAWGGtMZJs\" title=\"Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency Program\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><div class=\"tabs far-notso\">\n            <ul class=\"tab-nav tab-nav-pill\" role=\"tablist\" data-tabs id=\"schedule-tabs\"><li class=\"tabs-title is-active role=presentation\"><a href=\"#tab_id_0\" role=\"tab\">Introduction<\/a><\/li><li class=\"tabs-title  role=presentation\"><a href=\"#tab_id_1\" role=\"tab\">Goals \/ Objectives<\/a><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"tabs-content\" data-tabs-content=\"schedule-tabs\"><div id=\"tab_id_0\" class=\"panel tab is-active\" role=tabpanel\"><h2>Overview:<\/h2>\n<p>The faculty of UT Health San Antonio Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery welcomes your interest in the six-year Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery program. We began training our first integrated resident in 2009 and are one of the more mature integrated programs in the country. The course of study is specifically designed to efficiently provide the very best training through an integrated, multidisciplinary, competency-based approach.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/lsom.uthscsa.edu\/ct-surgery\/education\/residency-program-details\/\">integrated curriculum<\/a> is divided into two distinct phases of training: Foundations and Thoracic Surgery. The Foundations curriculum includes rotations in cardiothoracic surgery, general surgery, vascular surgery, transplant, pediatric surgery, trauma and emergency surgery, cardiology, pulmonary, radiology, and simulation training. The Thoracic Surgery curriculum consists of graduated rotations in adult and congenital cardiothoracic surgery.\u00a0Graduates are eligible for certification by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abts.org\/\">The American Board of Thoracic Surgery<\/a> and fully competent in all areas of cardiothoracic surgery.<\/p>\n<p>Our faculty chose the cardiothoracic surgery career path because it offers unique rewards. Our entire team is committed to providing an environment that provides a good work\/life balance. As we continue to practice this rigorous and challenging medical specialty daily, we are mindful projections suggest a looming shortage of CT Surgeons. While we cannot predict the exact landscape of CT surgery, it seems clear our skill set will remain in demand.<\/p>\n<p>We are therefore pleased to be one of the earliest residency programs approved to offer to interested and focused graduates an integrated Cardiothoracic Surgery curriculum. This program offers substantial benefits for the motivated medical school graduate to learn, master, and then perform the delicate and crucial art of cardiac and thoracic surgery and other essential operative procedures. It also affords the opportunity for supervised, yet hands-on cardiac surgery and thoracic surgery experience in the third year or even sooner.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:ctsurgeducationprgm@uthscsa.edu\">Dr.\u00a0 John H. Calhoon<\/a> serves as our Program Director, and <a href=\"mailto:ctsurgeducationprgm@uthscsa.edu\">Lydia Boyd<\/a> is our Interim Program Coordinator.\u00a0 We encourage you to reach out to them for any questions on the residency program, including visiting rotations and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aamc.org\/services\/eras\/\">applying for residency<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><div id=\"tab_id_1\" class=\"panel tab \" role=tabpanel\"><h3>Our Program Goals:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Develop innovative educational programs that train the next generation of cardiothoracic surgeons<\/li>\n<li>Deliver an educational experience through a curriculum based on evidence-based medicine.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Objectives:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Teach the art and science of cardiothoracic surgery through an ACGME accredited integrated cardiothoracic surgery program.<\/li>\n<li>Provide cardiothoracic surgical residents an opportunity to prepare for the transition to independent practice with graduated increases in patient care responsibility.<\/li>\n<li>Provide educational rotations to general surgery residents through a focused exposure to common cardiothoracic conditions and therapies.<\/li>\n<li>Provide educational opportunities for 3rd and 4th year medical students to participate in cardiothoracic surgery.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;]<div class=\"panel outline\"><nav aria-label=\"Residency Program sub-navigation\" class=\"collapsible subnav\"><h2 class=\"close\">Residency Program<\/h2><ul id=\"menu-residency-program\" class=\"subnav leaf\" data-accordion-menu><li id=\"menu-item-2194\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-2194\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lsom.uthscsa.edu\/ct-surgery\/education\/\">Overview<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-2193\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-2193\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lsom.uthscsa.edu\/ct-surgery\/education\/meet-our-residents\/\">Meet Our Residents<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-2195\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-2195\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lsom.uthscsa.edu\/ct-surgery\/education\/meet-our-graduates-2\/\">Meet Our Graduates<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-2196\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-2196\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lsom.uthscsa.edu\/ct-surgery\/education\/residency-program-details\/\">Program Details<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-2715\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-2715\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uthscsa.edu\/university\/about-san-antonio\">About San Antonio<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/nav><\/div>[vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lsom.uthscsa.edu\/ct-surgery\/team-member\/john-h-calhoon-md\/\">Dr. John H. Calhoon<\/a><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2659 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/lsom.uthscsa.edu\/ct-surgery\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2022\/09\/johncalhoon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"149\" height=\"208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lsom.uthscsa.edu\/ct-surgery\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2022\/09\/johncalhoon.jpg 548w, https:\/\/lsom.uthscsa.edu\/ct-surgery\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2022\/09\/johncalhoon-285x400.jpg 285w, https:\/\/lsom.uthscsa.edu\/ct-surgery\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2022\/09\/johncalhoon-392x550.jpg 392w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 149px) 100vw, 149px\" \/>Program Director | <a href=\"mailto:ctsurgeducationprgm@uthscsa.edu\">Email<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">Associate Program Directors<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lsom.uthscsa.edu\/ct-surgery\/team-member\/hui-s-dawn-m-d\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2639\" src=\"https:\/\/lsom.uthscsa.edu\/ct-surgery\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2022\/09\/hui-suit-285x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"126\" height=\"154\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/lsom.uthscsa.edu\/ct-surgery\/team-member\/scott-b-johnson-md\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2640\" src=\"https:\/\/lsom.uthscsa.edu\/ct-surgery\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2022\/09\/johnson-suit-2-286x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"126\" height=\"154\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/lsom.uthscsa.edu\/ct-surgery\/team-member\/aaron-abarbanell-md\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2970\" src=\"https:\/\/lsom.uthscsa.edu\/ct-surgery\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2020\/12\/Abarbanell-Suit.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Aaron Abarbanell\" width=\"111\" height=\"155\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row gap=&#8221;35&#8243;][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;] Dr. John H. 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